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| Description: | View of burning oil wells in the desert during the Persian Gulf War. |
| Date: | 03 15 1866 |
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| Description: | People gather the morning after a fire that destroyed Dixon's store as well as $100,000 worth of goods and eleven other places of business. The flames were... |
| Date: | 10 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Remaining stone wall and chimney of First Lutheran Church in Stoughton, following a fire that destroyed the building. |
| Date: | 10 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Remaining basement wall of First Lutheran Church in Stoughton, following a fire that destroyed the building. |
| Date: | 03 14 1945 |
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| Description: | In the recently completed paint department of Royal Body Co., 9-13 N. Brooks Street, a worker is preparing a sedan, the body and fenders of which are going... |
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| Description: | Frame house on fire, and men standing on stone fence in front of the burning building. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Building on fire, probably the McGillavray Sash and Door Company in the summer of 1912. The fire probably started from sparks from a steam engine used to f... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town as it appeared following the fire of 1894. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Rebuilding of homes and barns after the fire in 1894. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the ruins after the fire of April 28, 1875. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Remains of building foundations after a large fire. The firefire was believed to be incendiary in origin, arising from a feud between owners over land clai... |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
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| Description: | A man burns rubbish close to the house. |
| Date: | 02 14 1947 |
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| Description: | The aftermath of a blazing fire involving five railroad cars of building materials at the F.L. Chase Lumber Company's main building in DeForest. |
| Date: | 02 14 1947 |
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| Description: | The main building at the F.L. Chase Lumber Company in DeForest destroyed by a blazing fire. |
| Date: | 04 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Ruins of Top Hat nightclub, Middleton Road, destroyed in a $100,000 fire. Middleton police are investigating the possibility of arson. |
| Date: | 05 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Firemen at the scene of the Doyon Lumber Company fire, 638 West Mifflin Street. The Fiore coal silos are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h... |
| Date: | 11 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three fire trucks at a fire in the Wisconsin State Journal building, 115-23 South Carroll Street. Other buildings on the street, looking ... |
| Date: | 11 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Fire truck at the corner of S. Carroll and W. Doty Streets putting out a fire in the Wisconsin State Journal building, 115-23 S. Carroll Street. Other buil... |
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